Home › Entities › video_game › Doom

Doom

1993 first-person shooter video game developed by id Software
VideoGame video_game Q189784
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Doom is a video game[1]. Doom ranks in the top 2% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,322 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: International Video Game Hall of Fame[3]
  • Director: Tom Hall[4]
  • Composer: Robert Prince[5], Aubrey Hodges[6]
  • Publisher: Atari, Inc.[7], Activision[8], Atari[9], Sega[10], WMS Industries[11], Ocean Software[12]
  • Genre: first-person shooter[13], science fiction video game[14], horror video game[15], arcade[16]
  • Followed by: Doom II[17]
  • Developer: id Software[18], Nerve Software[19]
  • Part of the series: Doom[20]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0[21]
  • Programmed in: C[22]
  • Operating system: Android[23], iOS[24]
  • Software version identifier: 1.9[25]
  • Commons category: Doom (video game)[26]
  • Platform: Game Boy Advance[27], RiscPC[28], 3DO[29], Linux[30], Xbox[31], Microsoft Windows[32], Super Nintendo Entertainment System[33], Sega Genesis[34], PlayStation (console)[35], Amiga 1200[36], DOS[37], Xbox 360[38], PlayStation 3[39], Sega Saturn[40]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[41], single-player video game[42], co-op mode[43]
  • Soundtrack release: Doom: The Dark Side of Phobos[44]
  • Language of work or name: English[45]
  • Software engine: id Tech 1[46]
  • Distribution format: digital distribution[47]
  • Review score: 80/100[48], 86/100[49], 95%[50]
  • Country of origin: United States[51]
  • Inception: December 10, 1993[52]
  • Publication date: December 10, 1993[53], 1993[54], November 14, 1994[55], November 21, 1994[56], 1994[57]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[58]

  • Community tags: game[59]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2620a818-3b67-40c5-9864-b49693f93866[60]

Body

Cultural Impact

Things named for Doom include id Tech 1[61], a free software[62] and Doom Emacs[63], a free software[64].

Why It Matters

Doom has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Doom is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

Entities named for Doom include id Tech 1[61], a free software[62] and Doom Emacs[63], a free software[64].

FAQs

What awards did Doom receive?

Honors received include International Video Game Hall of Fame[3].

Related Entities

Adrian Carmack Android Atari Atari, Inc. Classic Mac OS Doom Emacs DOS Flipper Zero id Software iOS IRIX John Carmack John Romero Kevin Cloud Linux macOS MF DOOM Michael Abrash Microsoft Windows Nerve Software NeXTSTEP Ocean Software PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Solaris Tom Hall United States WMS Industries

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [58] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [63] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Doom. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/doom-q189784-2
MLA “Doom.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 12 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/doom-q189784-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_doom-q189784-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Doom}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/doom-q189784-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Doom — https://4ort.xyz/entity/doom-q189784-2 (retrieved 2026-10-12)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/doom-q189784-2 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 80/100, 80/100, 86/100 +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Review score: 95%, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275226|batch #275226]]"
  2. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id → VideoGame/Doom1993
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv tropes id: VideoGame/Doom1993"
  3. 6w ago · J 1982 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → Mars, Hell, Phobos +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Narrative location: Mars"
  4. 6w ago · Tomer T · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Old-games.org id → doom1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Old-games.org id: doom1, /* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Old-games.org id: doom1"
  5. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → Mars, Hell, Phobos +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Narrative location: Hell, дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  6. 9w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk id → 6222
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Usk id: 6222, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142819110|Doom (GBA) (#142819110)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'match"
  7. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goha.ru id → doom, doom-doom-ii
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-add:1||2 */ Goha.ru id, adding [[P:P10437|GoHa.ru]] IDs ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/786bbc5c059|details]])"
  8. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esrb game id → 37846, 41
    P14470 → Games/Doom_Doom_II
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  9. 16w ago · Big Blue Gnu · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esrb game id → 37846, 41
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Esrb game id: 45"
  10. 24w ago · DogsRNice · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The cutting room floor id → Doom_(PC,_1993), Doom_(Jaguar), Doom_(32X) +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ The cutting room floor id: Doom_+_Doom_II"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.